Presented by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Orrin Hatch, it will offer tax incentives, protection of patents and limited liability for any firm working on bio, chemical or radiological counter-measures.Its prospects are uncertain.
To solve the tragedy requires that the scope of patenting is limited by supporting a greater extend of "openness" in the life sciences, which takes the shape of trading and cross-licensing of patents as well as the arrangement of access by way of collaborative research projects, joint ventures, private consortia and public private partnerships (see Allarakhia 2007).
PATENT REFORM For the third consecutive year, Congress will take up bills intended to curtail the growing number of patent infringement lawsuits and limit damage awards.
Maximum duration can be extended if government intervention limits the life of patent rights.
In addition, many of these tissue-preferred URSs have been patented, limiting their use in biotechnology crop modification [ 43, 44].
And, of course, Sweden's economy is strongly based in high-tech activities, so we are particularly sensitive to the protection of intangible property and want to limit the costs of patent protection.
"For some time, the threat of mutually assured destruction among the major technology players such as IBM and Microsoft limited the outbreak of patent warfare," says Kevin Werbach, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Repurposing clinical trials still costs a significant amount of money, safety needs to be clearly demonstrated, efficacy established, and the lack of patent protection, and commercialization potential significantly limit industry interest.
Apart from patents, limited information is found on the design and air-side loss coefficients of such systems and how they compare to equivalent basin systems.
However, patent citations explain little variance in value, suggesting limits to their use as a measure of patent quality.
